Directly from Capcom blog on how to unlock Akuma and Gouken in Street Fighter IV:

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Tuesday, February 24, 2009, 01:00 PM [Street Fighter]

There's been a ton of confusion circling about exactly how to unlock Akuma and Gouken (post updated--I failed to paste in the most obvious part for Akuma that everyone already knows--this is tricky yo!)

While figuring this out can be a bit of a drag, part of me actually likes it--it's a lot like the old arcade days when we were first trying to figure out how to get Akuma in SSF2T, or even Reptile in MK ("I heard from this dude that you have to throw the rock on Chun Li's stage at Ryu", etc.)

Judging by all the Akuma's I've been battling online, plenty of people are getting there without our help, and lots of credible, well-meaning sites have it partially correct (or have posted overly-difficult methods) but the time for confusion is over, so here are the full details on how to unlock them:

To unlock Akuma as a playable character:

1. Unlock Cammy, Fei Long, Dan, Sakura, Rose, and Gen.

2. Pick a character you have already used to beat Arcade Mode.

3. Win all your matches without continuing and without losing any rounds before fighting with Seth.

4. You need to get at least one "perfect" win in a round, and more than one depending on how many rounds per match you are playing.

- 1 round match: 1 perfect round or more

- 3 round match: 2 perfect rounds or more

- 5 round match: 3 perfect rounds or more

- 7 round match: 4 perfect rounds or more

(including the last battle against Seth)

5. If you meet these conditions, Akuma will appear. Defeat him to unlock Akuma as a selectable character.

To unlock Gouken as a playable character:

1. Complete Arcade Mode playing as Akuma and watch (not necessary to watch everything) an ending.

2. Then, unlock Gouken as an opponent, and defeat him.

Necessary conditions to unlock Gouken as an opponent:

- Play with any characters with which you watched the ending once (so play using a character you have already beaten the game with)

- Do not continue at all.

- Do not lose at all. Not even one round (easier if you only play 1-round matches)

- Achieve certain number (or more) of "Perfect" rounds. The number of Perfect Win you need to achieve are:

If you play on

- 1 round match: 1 time or more

- 3 round match: 2 times or more

- 5 round match: 3 times or more

- 7 round match: 4 times or more

- Achieve a certain number (or more) of Super Combo -OR- Ultra Combo Finishes. Super and Ultra finishes both count toward this number. The number of super/ultra finishes you need to achieve are:

If you play on

- 1 round match: 3 times or more

- 3 round match: 5 times or more

- 5 round match: 7 times or more

- 7 round match: 9 times or more

- Achieve certain number (or more) of First Attack (this means you must score the first strike in a match--the screen gives you the "First Attack" message, and you can mostly do this without even noticing):

I give up on this game. Finding a game online is tough... every game I try to go into doesn't work, regardless of the ping status.... it takes me about 20 tries to get into a match, and then 99% of the time people just pick Ken and spam hadoukens... I can beat them, it is just frustrating wanting to actually play the game, and also play against more than 1 character.

I give up on this game. Finding a game online is tough... every game I try to go into doesn't work, regardless of the ping status.... it takes me about 20 tries to get into a match, and then 99% of the time people just pick Ken and spam hadoukens... I can beat them, it is just frustrating wanting to actually play the game, and also play against more than 1 character.

Turn on the mode where you play single player and others can join in anytime. Seriously, they come flooding in. I have yet to go a round without someone joining in.

Streetfighter 2 and its sucessors such as alpha (zero) etc have always been in my all time fave games ever. I cannot wait to play Streetfighter IV in fact i was going to buy an x360 just so i could play it...imagine my excitement when it was reveiled it would be coming to PC.

Has anyone tried any of the madcatz joypads or arcade sticks with it yet ?

Remember you can use focus attack to absorb fireballs. Just hold mk and mp, when fireball is absorbed do a quick dash forward to cancel the focus attack and close the gap then do what ever counter measure you like. This will also fill up your revenge gauge . Using Cammy also works pretty good, use medium Hooligan throw over fireballs or spin knuckle as it passes trough hadokens, both are good moves to begin the round with vs ken/ryu. Ex spiral kick also goes under fireballs

So it's easy enough to punish those who spam fireballs

Can't wait to get a good connection at home so I can play online again